

In 1974 we found the first evidence of this in three cities where crime, sickness, and accident rates went down, indicating that the practice of Transcendental Meditation is harmonizing for the whole atmosphere. Creating Coherence in Collective Consciousnessįrom scientific research we have learned that if one per cent of the people in society practise Transcendental Meditation, they will create coherence in the collective consciousness. We have been teaching Transcendental Meditation around the world for the last thirty years, and we find that each individual that practises Transcendental Meditation finds peace within himself-deep relaxation, which becomes the basis for freshness in life and happiness in behaviour. It is very necessary that every generation of human life lives in peace, because on the ground of peace alone are progress, prosperity, and happiness possible. “It is a very great joy for me to introduce in the world a Festival of Music for World Peace.

This keynote lecture was given by Maharishi at that time, when he introduced an initiative to establish 1,000 Schools of Maharishi Gandharva-Veda music. He went on to organise ‘Festivals of Music for World Peace’ in many countries, to bring the benefits and enjoyment of these ‘rhythms and frequencies of Nature’ to the world. He looked deeper into the Vedic literature of India, the oldest tradition of knowledge and human experience, and found Gandharva-Veda. In the 1980’s after teaching Transcendental Meditation around the world for 30 years, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was thinking what more could he do to bring peace and happiness to mankind. (Reproduced with permission from Global Country of World Peace, from ‘Maharishi Schools of Gandharva-Veda Music”, published in 1990 by World Plan Executive Council–United States) An Historic Lecture by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
